This chapter is dedicated to Adline Sherifa, one of my best friends and another important contributor to my confidence. Her encouragement was a key factor in helping me finish this story which otherwise would have taken me five more months.747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyxdxCmC6Mp
For those who are wondering, she does have an account here (Shery Adeline) but doesn't use it much because she's a very busy post-graduate student.747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAxUlAyGUAk
Emily’s P. O. V:
I sat on my bed with the five leaf clover in my hand thinking of Jason. The poor boy had no choice. At the very least I’ll pay Kelly a visit. I thought as I got up to go to the hospital.
“So you are Kelly’s teacher?” asked the nurse who was leading me to Kelly’s room. “Ah, no. I’m new to the school. Kelly graduated the previous year,” I said. “Okay, come on, in here. She’s sleeping now because of the sedatives. She’ll be waking up soon,” she said and went to check on another patient.
Inside, Kelly was sleeping peacefully. “I’ll come with the doctor later,” said the nurse and went outside. In a few minutes, Kelly woke up and when she saw me, she asked, “Who might you be?” “I’m Emily, Jason’s homeroom teacher,” I said. “That can’t be true, Jason’s homeroom teacher is Mr Clarkson,” she said.
“No, that was during the previous year,” I said softly.
“Oh, come on, Miss whoever you are. Jason and I meet every day at the movie club and so does Mr Clarkson as he is our advisor,” she said.
“Hey, I’m not here to play any games with you. I’m telling you the truth. It’s been a year since you graduated. You and Jason don’t meet at the movie club anymore. In fact, you don’t even meet at school anymore because you’re a university student now,” I reasoned, starting to lose my temper.
“Nope, I ain’t gonna believe you. Now where’s Jason? I need to make him talk to the nurses here to let me go so that I can go back to school. You don’t have a problem with that, do you?” she asked like an old song put on endless repeat.
“I said that was last year,” I snapped and suddenly remembered Carrie telling me not to agitate her but that was just not possible.
“Uh, Kelly, by any chance are you just pretending like this? Maybe you’re just trying to show your weak side to make Jason come back to you. Tell me the truth. Is this one of your acting performances?” I asked gripping her shoulders and voila, she started screaming.
Great! I have no choice but to leave.
As I went out of the hospital, I felt like a defeated wimp. Hardening my heart as much as I could, I made one of the toughest decisions I had ever made. I decided to go to Jason and test him to see if he was willing to accept me. In case things went downhill, I made up my mind to end things with him for good. My mind was literally being ripped into two opposing persons. One part told me to end things nicely and break up cleanly with him.
However, the other part, the love struck one was practically screaming to run to him and kiss his lips off his face. Cranking up my mind into motion, I walked towards his apartment. As lucky as I was, I saw Mr Jacob and Ms Jennifer leave the apartment the previous morning so I knew for sure that they were not there.
Jason’s P. O. V:
I heard the door bell ringing. “Who is it?” I asked before opening the door. “How mean! I’m the girlfriend you dumped…” came a voice. Maybe someone’s fighting outside I thought as I opened the door. Ms Emily stood smiling there. “Well aren’t you gonna let me in?” she asked. “Oh, sorry come on in,” I said.
“What happened?” I asked. “Ah, come on, you never come to see me anymore. Well, is your aunt home? It’s been a long time since I last saw her,” she said. “Aunt is at work. She’ll come only in the morning,” I said.
We sat on the couch in uncomfortable silence for a while. Then she said, “Alright I’ll come to the point. I’ve realised my true feelings. All this time, I’ve been avoiding you, but now I can’t even imagine living without you,” she said. It was all too much to bear.
“So, do you accept me? A kiss from you right now will be your answer,” she said and looked at me with expectant eyes while I just sat there motionless and said, “Right now, I can’t even hug you. Of all times why are you saying all this now after I’ve fallen apart?”
`She just smirked, cutting me off before I could explain what I meant. “Oh, well maybe I should spell it out for you. Reality struck you, moreover you have many other girls surrounding you,” she said.
“N-no, it’s not that…” I trailed off. “WHO GIVES A DAMN ABOUT THAT KELLY? CHOOSE ME NOW OR NEVER!” she shouted slamming her hand on the couch and standing up suddenly with her nostrils flaring and tears flowing freely down her cheeks. Her sudden outburst made me jump in fright. I even started to doubt if she was the same woman I fell for.
“How do you know about Kelly?” I asked surprised and frightened on seeing the ferocious side of the otherwise sweet woman.
“Scared, aren’t you? Yes, that’s my true nature. You might have been thinking that you were more aggressive and more determined than me, but the truth is, compared to my behaviour, yours is nothing. So, if you still accept me just as I am, hold on to me now,” she said and took her bag in her hand. All I wanted to do was go to her and hold her in my arms but I was still unable to go to her as Kelly’s face came across my mind. I followed the woman I was really in love with, to the stairwell absent-mindedly because of the girl I once was in love with.
“So that’s how it is. Your crush on me has started to fade. Well, it's a good thing that you came out honest about this sooner than later. Our so-called relationship was pretty short, I must say. This moment marks our breakup. So I’ll be going now. Goodbye Jason,” she said and left without looking back at me even once. I knew that the damage had been done. Running behind her at that instant was not going to solve anything and I knew that for sure.
Moments after she left, the pain started eating me inside out. I slammed the door in anger and smashed everything in sight. Plates, flower vases, framed photos, you name it; everything was on the floor in minutes. Never before had I felt so broken, so hopeless. With one strong fling, my mobile phone went crashing into the mirror. I barely heard the front door open and panicked footsteps rushing towards me. Looking up, I saw another woman I loved more than my own life; my aunt.
But after she came near me, I felt like my soul was being sucked out. Why? That was the first time I saw tears in her eyes. It was the first time I saw sorrow in her face and I couldn't bear to see it. I opened my mouth to apologise all the while bracing myself for a slap or two for destroying the house. Instead, before I could apologise, I got pulled into a tender hug.
"Oh my little Jason..." she trailed off weeping into my shoulder. Her power started working. My sadness literally started burying itself after seeing aunt cry for me. Hugging her back and pulling away, I sat down on the couch and she followed suit. She already knew about Kelly's illness and probably figured out that it had something to do with my outburst.
"Okay, what on earth happened, honey?" she asked with nothing but concern and love radiating from her making me thank God again and again for blessing me with her.
"Ms Emily came here. She told me how she felt about me and confessed to me openly. But I couldn't just go to her because Kelly's condition is because of me. She got angry at that and before I could explain everything, she announced our breakup and left," I said and aunt looked shocked beyond belief with streaks of anger flashing across her face.
"This is the second time she has toyed with you! I'm so sorry for being away from home when you needed me the most, Jason. You think she doesn't feel anything? Trust me, she's probably bawling in her bedroom right now because she loves you very much. But as much as I hate to say this, what's done is done. You have to look forward. Take care of Kelly and heal her. After all one of them genuinely deserves you and you'll get that person in the end. For now, come, let's clean up this mess, you and I," she said helping me up and diverting my mind from the sadness as much as she could but a few words kept playing in my mind again and again.
"... This moment marks our breakup. So I’ll be going now. Goodbye Jason,” chanted the voice in my head.
[ Katy Perry - The one that got away]
A/N: Okay. This is an unexpected update, I know. I've decided to post one on Saturdays and another on Sundays.
Well, the schedules aside, the happening has happened. This is the end for our lovely couple. All the hype, all of Jason's efforts spilled down the drain. How are the broken lovers gonna move on? How's Emily gonna react to the breakup? What about poor Carrie who tried her best to get them together? What's Kelly gonna do now? You'll be having these and other questions in your minds which will be answered next week.
Tentative update date: 6th of August. Bu bye :))
ns 18.68.41.148da2
